Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Wednesday, Oct. 13, said that he will continue to defend human rights should he win as the Philippines' next president in the 2022 elections. Senator Panfilo Lacson (Czar Dancel/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The Partido Reporma chairman and...
Minority senators on Tuesday, October 12, filed a resolution calling on the Senate to express its sympathy and condolences on the death of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairperson Jose Luis Martin "Chito" Gascon. Jose Luis Martin 'Chito' Gascon In filing Senate Resolution No. 929, Senate...
The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) has called on the global community to stay alert of the human rights situation in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) The ICHRP made the appeal during a roundtable discussion held Friday night, October 8,...
Vice President Leni Robredo expressed her deep sorrow Saturday Oct. 9 over the loss of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairman Chito Gascon, whom she said "touched many lives” with his work and activism. CHR chair Chito Gascon “Ang dami niyang natulungan. Ang dami niyang na-inspire sa kanyang...
Senators were saddened by the passing of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairperson Jose Luis Martin "Chito" Gascon due to the novel coronavirus on Saturday, October 9. Commission on Human Rights chairperson Chito Gascon (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN FIle Photo) "I am saddened to hear the news...
Wearing pink hats and T-shirts and shouting "Hands off my body," tens of thousands of women took to the streets across the United States on Saturday in protests aimed at countering a conservative drive to restrict access to abortions. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN In Washington, about 10,000 protesters...
United States Senate Majority Whip Richard “Dick” Durbin (D-IL) on Thursday (Wednesday in Washington, D.C.) told Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. that the US recognizes the importance of its security cooperation with the Philippines but “not at the exclusion of the country’s...
Progressive labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno has urged lawmakers and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to prioritize the rights and welfare of workers in the agency’s budget amid the ongoing pandemic. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) KMU with other groups from the migrants and youth...
The Child Rights Network (CRN) on Monday, Sept. 27, lauded the Senate for passing the Senate Bill 2332 or the "Increasing the Age of Statutory Rape" Bill, more popularly known as the "End Child Rape" Bill on third and final reading. (Unsplash) "A development that's one for the books; a high point...
Makabayan congressmen on Tuesday, Sept. 21 said the unabated incidences of human rights violations, many resulting in deaths, under the Duterte administration has given Filipinos instant flashbacks of the years when the country was under martial law. Human rights rally On the 49th commemoration of...
The Commission on Human Rights' (CHR) appealed to lawmakers Thursday, September 16, for an increased budget in 2022. Commission on Human Rights CHR chairperson Jose Luis Martin "Chito" Gascon that while the constitutional body was given an increase in its funds for the salaries of its personnel,...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque is firm that Malacañang will not share records of the administration's infamous drug war to the public nor the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) but assured the people that those guilty of crimes are being investigated, tried, and punished. Presidential Spokesman...
